noun
pennŭla
Meaning
- a little wing
pennŭla, ae, f. dim. id.,
I. a little wing (rare but class.):
cum pulli pennulis uti possunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129: tensa, Ven. Carm. 3, 22, 9; Hieron. adv. Pelag. 1, 14 init.; Vulg. Lev. 5, 8. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pennula see pinnula.